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Originally Posted by issybird
The quiet is nice. The quiet is one of the major reasons I don't like watching television.
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I consider mindless television white noise.
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Originally Posted by ZodWallop
To bring back Joy & Delight, as a kid, I loved movie novelizations (and to a lesser extent, I still do). Star Wars and especially The Hobbit*, The Dark Crystal and Gremlins.
I realized reading those books let me spend more time in worlds/stories that I already loved and gave me a richer experience than just watching the film alone.
It's a shame the way they have faded. They were a good way to get a book into the hands of a reluctant reader.
*I'm well aware The Hobbit is not a novelization. But I did see the animated version before I read the book.
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I used to buy and read novelizations when I was a kid, before videotapes. It was a way to hold on to and reexperience the movie--not very satisfactory, but at least it was something. I think I still have a few of those paperbacks.